Homeless: What Has Been Done To Decrease The Problem?

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care and necessary social services, and to the right to security in the
event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack
of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.

This is a step in the right direction. However, this is not enough. These
rights are subject to the discretion of the government of the country who
decides to obey these universal rights. How much is "adequate"?

The government, both at the federal and municipal levels, is currently working
on new spending cuts. These cuts also include spending on welfare, unemployment
and social services that are geared towards helping the homeless. Spending cuts
can be seen as a necessity to maintain the country economically, but the reason
for having a government in the first place is to take care of the people. How
can this be done when money is being taken away from those services that are
necessary to uphold this obligation? Simply put, it cannot. Those obligations
are served by ...

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